Module 11 Miscellaneous Adjective Roots

Question 1

all-

Answer 1

other; another; divergent; alternating

Question 2

anis-

Answer 2

unequal

Question 3

atel-

Answer 3

incomplete

Question 4

atret-

Answer 4

without and opening (to an organ/structure)

Question 5

brachy-

Answer 5

short

[no connecting vowel follows]

Question 6

brady-

Answer 6

slow

[no connecting vowel follows]

Question 7

idi-

Answer 7

individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown

Question 8

is-

Answer 8

equal

Question 9

equ-

Answer 9

equal

[followed by connecting vowel “i”]

Question 10

lept-

Answer 10

thin

Question 11

macr-

Answer 11

large; long

Question 12

megal-

Answer 12

large

Question 13

mes-

Answer 13

middle

Question 14

micr-

Answer 14

small

Question 15

olig-

Answer 15

few; small; scanty

Question 16

orth-

Answer 16

straight; normal; correct

Question 17

oxy-*

Answer 17

acute; swift; sharp; sour

[no connecting vowel]

[See Mod. 6, oxy-]

Question 18

pachy-

Answer 18

thick

[no connecting vowel]

Question 19

pale-

Answer 19

old; ancient

Question 20

poikil-

Answer 20

mottled; varied; irregular

Question 21

prosth-

Answer 21

artificial

Question 22

prosthet-

Answer 22

artificial

Question 23

prot-

Answer 23

earliest; first

Question 24

pseud-

Answer 24

false; imaginary

Question 25

schist-

Answer 25

split

Question 26

schiz-

Answer 26

split

Question 27

scirrh-

Answer 27

hard [adjective]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]

Question 28

scoli-

Answer 28

crooked; laterally curved

Question 29

sten-

Answer 29

narrow; constricted

Question 30

tach-

Answer 30

rapid

Question 31

tachy-

Answer 31

rapid

[no connecting vowel follows]

Question 32

xen-

Answer 32

strange; foreign [adjectives]; foreigner [noun]

Question 33

xer-

Answer 33

dry

Question 34

sicc-

Answer 34

dry